Events diary 2010 October
Saturday 2
Dark Skies – Sly in the Sky Corrie Fee NNR Angus
Sunday 3 Fungi Forays Loch Leven NNR Tayside
Wednesday 6
Roaring and Rutting! Beinn Eighe NNR Wester Ross
Saturday 9
Dawn Goose Watch Loch Leven NNR Tayside
Sunday 17
Come to a Stag Party Corrie Fee NNR Angus
Beginner’s guide from 7.30pm to 9.30pm to the night sky around the constellation of Vulpecula, ‘the Fox’. Telescope and binocular viewing if the sky is clear; illustrated talk if the sky is cloudy. Booking is essential.
Join reserve staff and fungi expert Tony Wilson at Burleigh car park for walks from 2pm to 5pm around Loch Leven in search of fungi. Booking essential.
Look our for rutting stags on Beinn Eighe from 9.30am to 4pm and learn about the life of the red deer. Meet at the reserve visitor centre. Booking essential.
Meet up with reserve staff in Kirkgate car park (near the watch tower) at 7am to watch the geese leaving their night-time roosts. Booking essential.
A walk from 11am to 3pm along the Dounalt loop path to watch and listen to the roaring of the rutting red deer stags as they round up their harem of hinds and warn off other rival stags. Meet at Glen Doll ranger base. Booking essential.
Sunday 17
Evening Flight Caerlaverock NNR Dumfries & Galloway
Join reserve staff on this unusual event from 5pm to 6.30pm, and experience the sights and sounds of a spectacular wildfowl flight, hopefully at close quarters. Meet at Hollands Road car park. Booking essential.
Sunday 17
Nature Trail Detectives
Kirkconnell Flow NNR Dumfries & Galloway
Sunday 24
Dawn Goose Watch Loch Leven NNR Tayside
Sunday 24
Owling at the Moon Cairnsmore of Fleet NNR
Dumfries & Galloway
Come along from 11am to 2pm and try your hand at being a ‘nature detective’ on our fun nature trail. A keen pair of eyes will be all that is needed to find the clues on this circular trail.
Meet up with reserve staff in Kirkgate car park (near the watch tower) at 7am to watch the geese leaving their night-time roosts. Booking essential.
Flying owls and stargazing. Come along from 4pm to 9pm and see three different types of owl in flight; learn about the moon and the night sky. Telescopes will be available for stargazing. With over 7,000 visible stars to look at, you'll be spoilt for choice.
Sunday 24
Birch Broomsticks Flanders Moss NNR Stirling
Drop in from 10.30am to 4.00pm and help us to clear invading birch trees that dry out the bog. Make your very own witch’s broomstick.
Tel: 01575 550 233
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Tel: 01577 864 439
Tel: 01575 550 233
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Tel: 01387 770 275
Tel: 01577 864 439
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Tel: 01786 450 362 STIRLINGNNRS@snh.
gov.uk
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The Nature of Scotland
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